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Monday, June 28, 2010

Summer vacation



I love making lists. Packing lists. Shopping lists. To do lists. Sometimes I even make a To Do list after I’ve done the tasks, just for the satisfaction of crossing them off the list. Why yes, I do have some OCD tendencies.
With four weeks off the day job coming up as of July 12, I decided to make a list of what I want to accomplish during my vacation. Never mind the list of things I want to get done around the house. Drywall repair and closet cleaning will only get done if I get EVERYTHING on my writing list done. What do you think the chances are? :-)


1. Polish and submit Crazy Ever After
2. Finish WIP (Nameless, at this time; 25,000 words in)
3. Start California story (goal is to have first draft of this story done by October when I’ll be traveling to California and can do some first-hand research)
4. Continue Chef story, Celtic story and Ponzi story (all nameless at this time)
5. Polish: Crush, Power Exchange, Shameless, Who You Love
6. Work on characters from Sweet Deal and submit
7. Revise Breakaway and submit

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7 comments:

  1. Meg BenjaminJune 28, 2010 at 9:01 AM

    Well, I'm now officially intimidated. I only have two WIPs to polish up, along with a couple of ideas to expand. Sigh.

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  2. Erin NicholasJune 28, 2010 at 11:26 AM

    I LOVE to-do lists! Well, I love crossing things off to-do lists. And I would have put #5 into 4 different things just to have more to cross off! :)
    Erin

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  3. PG ForteJune 28, 2010 at 12:58 PM

    I'm totally with Erin on this. In fact I think # 1 and 6 each need to be two separate things. Otherwise, once they're polished/revised you won't get to cross them off until after they're submitted.

    And that's TWELVE WiPs. OMG, I feel like such a slacker now.

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  4. kellyJune 28, 2010 at 1:37 PM

    OMG my list just got even longer!

    You know when you say 12 WIPs that's really quite disturbing. I didn't count them. Thankfully some of those are actually finished, but the rest - I need to get back to writing and actually finish something.

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  5. PG ForteJune 28, 2010 at 1:58 PM

    you didn't count them? tsk-tsk and you call yourself ocd.

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  6. Debra St. JohnJune 28, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    Wow! You are ambitious...good for you. Good luck with those goals!

    And I'm with you...there is immense satisfaction in crossing things accomplished off of a list!

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  7. MariaJune 28, 2010 at 6:39 PM

    Wow- Good Luck with the Goals! Looks like alot of work prior to your vacation, don't forget to leave yourself enough energy to actually enjoy your vacation :)

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